Chewing gum is plastic pollution, not a litter problem
Binning gum is not the solution either. Addressing gum as a plastic pollutant dictates that the prevention of gum pollution ...
How chewing gum contributes to plastic pollution—and how to reduce its environmental impact
Most chewing gum on sale is made from a variety of oil-based synthetic rubbers—similar to the plastic material used in car ...
Brits urged 'act now' as our most endangered animals are killed in droves by litter crisis
As the 10th annual Great British Spring Clean kicks off today, Mirror readers are urged to pick up litter in order to protect ...
The importance of making accurate estimates to control marine litter
Pollution by marine litter of anthropogenic origin—that comes from human activity—is currently one of the biggest ...
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Chewing Gum Is Plastic Pollution, Not A Litter Problem
In the two annual reports published by the gum litter task force since its inception, there is no mention of the word pollution. The distinction between litter and pollution is important ...
Plastic litter increases by nearly 10% on UK beaches, charity clean-up finds
The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) says it saw an increase in plastic litter picked up by volunteers in 2024.
Plastic pollution on UK beaches has increased again, ocean charity finds
The Marine Conservation Society said more than 15,000 volunteers picked up three quarters of a million pieces of litter ...
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Study Finds Deepest Point of Mediterranean in Greece’s Ionian Sea Is Full of Litter
The first ever assessment of litter in Mediterranean's deepest place located in Greece's eastern Ionian Sea has detected huge ...
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State’s fix for costly litter problem ‘not efficient or sufficient’
"It’s like you’re Band-Aiding over an artery," says Rob Clark, of Cape Fear River Watch, a coauthor of a report that found ...